Chileans and tourists from further afield come to view the unusually colourful desert After intense and unexpected rain fell in the north of Chile, parts of the usually arid Atacama desert have ...

Some 3,800 years ago a massive 9.5-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami with waves as high as 20 metres (66 feet) slammed the coastline of Chile’s Atacama Desert, the world’s driest ...

Schulze-Makuch told Space.com recently. He cited another study on Mars’ Atacama Desert, which showed that torrential rain killed 70% to 80% of the area’s natural bacteria “because they ...

Dr. Dirk Schulze-Makuch believes his research into extremophiles in the Atacama could help NASA re-assess its search for ...

In the case of the Atacama Desert, El Niño can lead to sporadic but significant rain events, creating the perfect conditions for a desert bloom. The desert bloom features an array of native ...

Botanist Pablo Guerrero has been visiting Atacama cacti all his life. They’re not adapting well to a drier climate, booming mining and plant collection.

An astrobiologist suggests that NASA's Viking missions in the 1970s may have inadvertently eliminated potential Martian life.

Interior minister Rodrigo Penailillo said that a state of catastrophe had been declared and armed forces had been ordered to co-ordinate support operations Heavy rains in Chile's northern desert ...

The dry, desolate landscape of the Atacama Desert has been used by American space agency Nasa to replicate conditions on Mars Sign up for notifications to the latest Insight features via the BBC ...

The Atacama desert in Chile is one of the driest places ... Sometimes, these clothes are even burnt. Used cars also flood into the country from the free trade zone. While many are exported ...